I WAS PICKED I WAS PICKED!!!!! I am so shocked and excited to have been chosen as 1 of the 12 contestants over at Just Between Friends BLOG WARS! Please please come follow along with the Blog Wars. There will be 4 weeks of competition and I am excited (as I am sure the other 11…
A Day at the Farm peasant top & capris
Have you entered our giveaway for a family pass at Baby Animal Days yet? We’re so excited to go see all the little babies. SO excited that I had to make Little Missy a cute outfit to wear while we’re up there (and of course trips to the farm which is a family favorite as…
Chicken Parmesan
A few years ago, my husband and I did Phase One of the South Beach Diet as a jump start for a new exercise and diet routine. We knew we didn’t want follow the whole thing but looked into the first phase and thought it would be good for us. After the two weeks of…
Cherry Limeade Cupcakes – Two Recipes!
To me, one of the BEST things on a hot, summer day is a large Cherry Limeade from Sonic. The flavor is so perfectly summer time! I LOVE it! After making my Key Lime Cupcake, I got to thinking that a Cherry Limeade Cupcake would be awesome! The only thing I couldn’t decide was how…
Cabinet door turned Chalkboard project
I’ve been wanting to make a chalkboard for a long time and I have been wanting to make my own chalkboard paint too so trying to figure out exactly what I wanted to paint hasn’t been the easiest thing for me. Last September at Swiss Days I saw a booth that had used cabinet doors…
Skylanders Birthday Party
This past week was a roller coaster wasn’t it? I was feeling a bit bad about the blog being neglected over the past few days and then I got thinking about what all has happened this week. Here is a quick recap of how my week went: Monday – Boston Bombing – I couldn’t walk…
Spring Mantel – free printables
Oh I am ready for spring! I keep trying to tell myself that snow in mid April is a-OK, we need the moisture and it’s not summer yet… but ugh!, those wonderful days of mid 60’s – low 70’s have me excited for some real spring weather, I am not ready for 90’s and 100’s…
Swedish Meat Pies
When Housewife Jenn and I were younger, our grandparents had food booths at several different fairs and festivals. We worked with them to earn money during the summers and had lots of fun doing it! One of the festivals we did was called the Scandinavian Festival in Junction City, Oregon. Our booth made Swedish meatballs…
April 2013 Card Swap
We once again had a fun and successful card swap. I hosted this month and decided to not set an actual theme for the cards so we got a wonderful variety of cards. Because I kind of love tacos I made dinner for us all and we had so much fun visiting. Almost everyone was…
Polkadot Elephant pillowcase top and ruffle capris
Spring/Summer wardrobe has a new addition this week and I’m in love. Remember this cute little pillowcase romper I made for Kristin’s baby shower? Remember how I wanted to make one for the little Goose and was bummed that I didn’t have enough fabric left over? Well, I came up with an outfit to use…